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Andy Warhol
Host · Designer · Performer
Biography
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Rooms they shaped
Studio 54
1977–1980 (Rubell & Schrager); reopened 1981–1986 (Fleischman) · Midtown, Manhattan
Host, Defining regular.
Palladium
1985–1997 · Union Square, Manhattan
Designer, Designed the club's complimentary drink tickets; attended opening night.
Area
1983–1987 · Tribeca, Manhattan
Performer, Created 'Invisible Sculpture' (1985) for the Art theme and contributed bathroom portraiture.
Max's Kansas City
1965–1974 (Ruskin era); 1975–1981 (Mills/Crowley era) · Gramercy / Union Square, Manhattan
Host, Held court in the back room with the Factory entourage; traded artwork for dining credit. Wrote in Popism: 'Max's was the exact place where Pop Art and pop life came together.'
Electric Circus
1967–1971 · East Village, Manhattan
Performer, Not an Electric Circus figure per se, ran the predecessor Exploding Plastic Inevitable at the same address in 1966; his EPI model directly inspired Brandt's concept.
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Co-owner of Studio 54 and the Palladium; later hotelier
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